… Mayan Gold daylily has small gold-colored flowers with green throats in early season. The blooms are only 3 inches across and have a delightful fragrance. Each bloom stays open for more than 16 hours, making it a lovely addition to any garden. Although each flower lasts only one day, there are multiple buds on each stalk and …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Related to the American elder, 'Guincho Purple' is grown mainly for its bright leaves. This cultivar has dark green leaves, turning blackish purple and then red in autumn, and pink-tinged flat umbels of flowers with purple stalks. This plant makes a nice …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… rise above freezing, select branches that have numerous, healthy buds, taking care not to disfigure your tree or shrub. Using a sharp blade, cut a few more branches than you need just in case a few do not bloom as expected. Once inside, re-cut the branches 1 inch from the base, and then carefully split the cut end 1 to 4 inches up the …
Type: Plant Info
… Wild bergamot is a member of the mint family that is native to a wide range of North America. It thrives in sunny locations with moderate to dryish soils and with little or no cultivation or attention. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This popular medium to large hosta has white-margined foliage and is notable for its good growth rate and long … shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks called scapes, they are grown primarily for their foliage and neat … mutations or “sports” are also common, and new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3 to 8 years for hostas to reach their …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… BEIJING GOLD™ Peking lilac started as a selection made by the Beijing Botanic Garden and was given to the Morton Arboretum, where it was developed in the Chicagoland Grows plant introduction program. Its yellow blooms are unusual for a lilac …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The coral buds of Zumi Wooster crabapple open to white flowers. Crabapples are small flowering trees that provide a showy display in the spring landscape for 1 to 2 weeks. In addition to the eye-catching buds and flowers, their …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… A hardy perennial, Emperor of China chrysanthemum produces burgundy buds that open to silvery-pink flowers in late October. The flowers are double with quill-shaped rays. After the first frost, the leaves turn red …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Amaryllis bulbs that have flowered will now send up leaves. Allow the flower stalk to yellow and wither before removing it from the bulb. Keep bulb and leaves in bright light and continue with normal watering. After May 15, take the potted bulb with long, …
Type: Plant Info
… wide) hosta with glossy yellow leaves and a dark green margin. It blooms with purple flowers in the summer. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
